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Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., received donations from the Sawaged family of Daveco Liquors.
Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., received donations from the Sawaged family of Daveco Liquors.
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Rep. Mike Coffman has agreed to give back more than $2,000 in campaign contributions after the donor agreed to plead guilty to racketeering.

Hani Sawaged, the owner of Daveco Liquors, pleaded guilty this week to violating the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act by running an elaborate scheme to underpay sales taxes.

When he is sentenced in January, Sawaged will face a court-ordered restitution of $1.3 million and an undetermined period of probation.

Last year, a 52-count Denver County grand jury indictment alleged Sawaged and his two brothers deliberately underreported and underpaid more than $1 million in sales tax to the city of Thornton between at least January 2007 and August 2008.

Read more of the article and watch video at 9News.com.

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